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Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is targeting a fifth NBA title The Los Angeles Lakers upset second seeds the Memphis Grizzlies with a 128-112 win in their Western Conference playoffs first-round opener. Rui Hachimura scored 29 points off the bench for the visiting Lakers, who are seeded seventh. Team-mate Austin Reaves hit 23 points, while Lakers stars Anthony Davis and LeBron James combined for 43 points. Grizzlies guard Ja Morant left the game with just under six minutes left in the final quarter with a hand injury. All-Star Morant appeared to fall heavily on his right hand after colliding with Davis in mid-air while attempting a dunk. Despite Morant's absence, the hosts went on an 11-5 run to cut the deficit down to one point. But the Lakers responded with a 15-0 run to finish the game and assume home-court advantage in the best-of-seven series. Hachimura made 11 of his 14 shots, including five of six from three-point range, to spark the Lakers, who reached the play-offs af

  The Sacramento Kings are for real. In the playoffs for the first time in 17 years, the host Kings won an absolute thriller of a Game 1, holding off the Golden State Warriors, 126-123, in what looks like it's going to be a wild series.  De'Aaron Fox, who is basically a lock to win the first annual Clutch Player of the Year, was fantastic in the fourth quarter again, finishing with 38 points, while Malik Monk put up 34. Those two were just too fast for the Warriors in what was a relentless attack on the paint and rim by Sacramento.  Once Sacramento's 3s started falling in the fourth, it was just too much for Golden State to try to defend everything. You might say Sacramento can't play this good again, but I would warn you, if you've haven't watched this team much, this was not some fluke performance. This is one of the best offenses in history. Fox has been absolutely dominant all season. He has a legitimate case for first-team All-NBA.  Domantas Sabonis, a pote

South Asian music fans are flocking to Coachella this year as it offers blockbuster attractions from the community. The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, among the most profitable music events in the world, takes place over two consecutive weekends every April in Indio, California. This year, Indian singer and actor Diljit Singh Dosanjh and Pakistani singer and composer Ali Sethi are among South Asian acts debuting at the festival as they perform alongside international acts like BLACKPINK, Kid Laroi, Charli XCX, Labrinth, Jai Wolf, Joy Crookes, Jai Paul, Frank Ocean and Underworld. Bloodywood - from Indian parody band to metal music royalty Sethi's Pasoori was the most searched song of 2022 on Google. Dosanjh, hugely popular among the Indian diaspora worldwide, will be the first Punjabi language singer to perform at the festival. Last year's lineup also included South Asian artists like Raveena Aurora and Arooj Aftab, but the elevated profiles of this year's perf

Former Nickelodeon star recently completed probation after pleading guilty in attempted child endangerment case Drake & Josh  star Drake Bell has made light of the situation after briefly being reported missing and endangered by Florida police. The Daytona Beach Police Department posted an alert on their Facebook page on Thursday (13 April) saying the former Nickelodeon star – real name Jared Bell – was “considered missing and endangered”. Soon after the post was shared, the police confirmed it was in contact with Bell and that he was safe. “You leave your phone in the car and don’t answer for the night and this?” Bell tweeted about the ordeal alongside a crying-laughing face emoji. Bell recently completed a two-year probation sentence on charges he faced after he pled guilty to child endangerment in June 2021. Allegations against Bell were made by a then 19-year-old woman, who reported the actor to police in 2018, accusing him of grooming her since she was 12. Drake Bell reported